Sunday, April 10, 2016

What To Know About Sports Apparel Brands

By Larry Murphy


As it has been seen in the past years, the only activity that tends to bring most people of the world together at the same time is through sports. World competitions attract many spectators meaning that in marketing a product, sporting activities will always provide a large potential market. Branding companies saw this as a stepping stone of globalising their products and by now they are very much engrossed in these activities. Some of these sports apparel brands include Nike, Adidas, FILA, Reebok just to name a few who are usually on the jerseys, balls, gloves and boots.

Branding companies partnering with the sporting industry has made it easy to market their products. This because the venue and presence of the target market established already. Psychologically most people are ready to buy what their role models, that is, the players own to feel that closeness to them. Also, branding companies also realize products that are not directly related to sports but exhibited to the market through them.

An association, team or individual may get as many deals as possible with these companies depending on their demand. The contracts are very binding and worth millions of dollars every year. The renewal or termination of the contract will depend on the consent of the two parties whether they are benefiting from each other or not.

Most brands tend to work better with short-term contracts which are renewed after some time because the world of sport is dynamic. A team may be taking part in a competitive rank at a certain time where there are very many spectators. In another season, the team maybe in a lower level where very few spectators get involved meaning that the potential market target for the brand decreases. In the event of the smaller potential market, most brands tend to terminate the contract or reduce the value of the contract.

Individual players also suffer the same fate. The value of their contracts lies upon their current performances. If a player is on form, many branding companies would like to have contracts with them since his or her fan base is large. However, in the event of a drop in form, long time injury or advanced age most companies terminate the contracts.

The involvement of these companies in sports has improved the sporting activities. The deals they have with teams and associations act as additional sources of revenue for teams. The need to attract more and more companies has made teams more competitive. Other teams frequently entice the top most branding companies due to their enormous fan base worldwide.

In the individual level, every player who already has a good branding deal will always work hard to maintain their form or even to get better deals with other different companies. For those sportspersons who are yet to get good deals, they are always motivated to work extra harder. In the long run, it helps in maintaining the competition levels and ensures that these athletes are always self-evolving which makes the sport more interesting.

Apart from competition level, ethics also been maintained. Teams usually conduct their activities within the circle of the accepted regulations. Cases of doping and fixing of results are rare since teams and individuals found with such offences normally get all their contracts terminated. Individual players also maintain an accepted code of conduct outside the field because they are the image of their respective partners whose image should remain pure.




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